Amid international criticism .. Dead protests Sudan and the army announced the dismantling of the sit-in

The Central Sudan Doctors Committee of the opposition announced the killing of seven people during the process of removing protesters gathered Tuesday morning in front of the headquarters of the army, while the army spokesman announced a sit-in protest.

The head of al-Jazeera's office in Khartoum, Muslim al-Kabbashi, said that the protestors were now confined to the area south of the Berri tunnel to the east to Berri roundabout, where they received reinforcements from different locations.

The spokesman for the armed forces said that the process of dismantling the sit-in was coordinated and the participation of the various security services from the army and police, and took care to be technical and well-studied and training to reduce losses, and choose a time when the number of children and women.

Al-Jazeera correspondent had earlier confirmed masked participation in the attempt to break the sit-in, and quoted eyewitnesses that the army allowed the demonstrators to enter his headquarters to protect them after the shootings.

Among the crowd of protesters in front of the army headquarters in Khartoum, a number of officers called on their army comrades to join the people. One said in response to the calls of the protesters to hold the army to power that their message is to stand by them and the fall of the regime only, as he put it.

Clashes erupted at dawn today between the army and members of security forces who tried to disperse the protesters by force. The army succeeded in controlling the situation and expelling the attacking force.

Demonstrators have been holding an open sit-in in front of the army's general headquarters since Saturday to demand the overthrow of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, and security attempts have failed to break it more than once.

The group of professionals (the leading figure leading the protests) said the regime tried to break up the sit-in with the force of arms. "Security forces fired bullets and hundreds of teargas bombs under the eyes of the world," he said in a statement on his official Facebook page. He also appealed to citizens in the capital's neighborhoods to go to the sit-in to protect the protesters.

He also called on citizens in all cities and villages of the provinces to go out in large processions, and sit in front of the headquarters of the armed forces of the people in different cities.

International pressure
Meanwhile, Britain, the United States and Norway have said it is time for the Sudanese authorities to respond to the demands of the people by moving to a more inclusive and legitimate political system.

"The Sudanese authorities must respond and present a credible plan for this political transition," the joint communique said. "The protests have reached new levels of intensity and popular support and are still increasing.

He called on the authorities to release all political detainees, stop the use of violence against peaceful protesters and remove all restrictions on freedoms. In their statement, the three States also called for an end to the state of emergency and for a credible political dialogue in an enabling environment with all major Sudanese actors as a basis for political and economic transition.

The US embassy in Khartoum earlier called on the Sudanese government to stop using all types of force against participants in the protests, including the sit-in.

"The decision to use violence against civilians will affect all aspects of US relations with the government of Sudan," she said on Twitter.

The European Union also called on the Sudanese authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations calling for the regime to be disbanded. "The Sudanese people have shown remarkable stability in the face of the extraordinary obstacles they have faced over the years," the EU's External Action Service said.